Interested in making your own American Apparel Carry-All Pouch? Here's how!

Materials:

+ 1/3 yard of any heavy weight fabric you like (I am using colored canvas)

+ ruler or measuring tape

+ a straight edge to map out straight lines

+ pencil or chalk

+ pins

+ metal zipper 

+ sewing machine (this can just as easily be hand sewn as well)

+ needle

+ thread

+ Lay out the fabric on a flat surface.

+ Determine the size you want your finished product to be and add an inch to those measurements.

+ Map out the length and the width with a measuring tape and a straight edge. 

+ I measured mine at 15 inches by 11 inches.

+ Using the lines as your guide, cut out the fabric.

+ Repeat step 1 to make two identically measured pieces. 

+ To attach the zipper, lay the zipper facing right side up on a flat surface. 

+ Lay the fabric wrong sides down on either sides of the zipper. 

+ Pin, and sew one side at a time.

+ For ease, after you've pinned the zipper onto the fabric, unzip the zipper to make it the materials easier to manage on the sewing machine.

+ With the zipper unzipped, lay the fabric right sides together with the wrong side facing out.

+ Once you've checked that both pieces of fabric are lined up, pin the 3 sides.

+ Sew all the way around, with your 1/2 inch seam allowance.

+ Cut off the excess fabric from the 3 newly sewed sides and snip of the 2 bottom corners.

 + Almost there!

+ Turn your bag inside out & make sure you push out all your edges.

 And there you have it! The completed Carry-All Bag.